Student Housing

The new status of the campus in Ipswich will bring thousands more students into the town; UCS predicts growth from 3,500 students in 2007 to 7,000 students by 2014 - a phenomenal growth rate. The revenue and new life that these students will bring are bound to have a beneficial effect on the town and the decision by the faculty to look to the private sector to provide accommodation for the new influx has provided a new opportunity for local developers.

Amongst the first to recognise the significance of this new opportunity was our client Providus Student Accommodation Limited. Negotiation with the Estates Department of the new University Campus in Suffolk enabled a site near the waterfront owned by our clients to be exchanged for a site on the doorstep of the new Campus.